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Leandro Echt
Feb 27, 20192 min read
‘Context Matters’ framework for improving evidence use: what do policymakers and practitioners think
In 2016, INASP and Politics & Ideas (P&I) produced the Context Matters Framework – a lens through which to examine the internal and...
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Leandro Echt
Oct 11, 20185 min read
Supporting organizational change for evidence use at Ghana’s Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of Ghana has been working with Politics & Ideas and INASP to apply the Context Matters...
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Emily Hayter, Vanesa Weyrauch, Leandro Echt
Oct 11, 20185 min read
Context matters for organizational change—but how exactly?
Emily Hayter, Vanesa Weyrauch and Leandro Echt reflect on working with agencies in Peru and Ghana to help understand how they use...
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Emily Hayter
Jul 29, 20184 min read
For effective evidence use in policy, go beyond individual skills development
[This blog post by Emily Hayter, INASP’s Evidence for Policy Programme Specialist, was originally published at INASP´s blog] Source:...
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Agnes Titriku
Mar 9, 20174 min read
Promoting the use of evidence in parliaments
Staff members from three parliaments (Ghana, Uganda and Zimbabwe) are participating in a Learning Exchange programme coordinated by the...
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Leandro Echt
Nov 17, 20164 min read
Learning and reflecting on Evidence Informed Policy Making
Courtesy of Alan Levine, under CC at flickr.com After three years, 11 countries, 1, 164 people trained and 26 public engagement events...
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Clara Richards
Aug 7, 20161 min read
Context Matters: a framework to support knowledge into policy
In 2016, Politics & Ideas published the study “Going beyond ‘Context matters’”, a framework to help government organizations improve...
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Clara Richards
Aug 4, 20165 min read
The power of reflection when building your research agenda
[Editor’s note: This post was written by Tanja Jakobi, Media analyst and researcher at CENTAR Public Policy Research Centre,...
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Clara Richards
Aug 2, 20162 min read
So, how do we start from context?
[Editor’s note: This post is part a series produced by Vanesa Weyrauch and Leandro Echt from Politics&Ideas to present the conceptual...
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Clara Richards
Jun 28, 20166 min read
Framework to get knowledge into policy. Dimension #1: Macro-context: structural factors that draw cl
[Editor’s note: This post is part of a series focused on sharing findings from the conceptual framework developed under the study “Going...
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Clara Richards
Sep 16, 20156 min read
Policymakers: unravelling a heterogeneous world
[Editor’s Note: This post was written by Vanesa Weyrauch and Leandro Echt, from Politics & Ideas, and it was originally published at...
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Clara Richards
Aug 13, 20153 min read
Knowledge and policy-making: acknowledging each policymaker’s contribution to the decision-mak
By Waponi at flickr.com under CC It is interesting to reflect on the use of knowledge in the public sector or the different state...
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Clara Richards
Aug 7, 20151 min read
Using knowledge to better design and evaluate policies: the General Directorate of Social Policy Ana
In 2015, P&I published the case study The design of the General Directorate of Social Policy Analysis and Evaluation of the Honduran...
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Clara Richards
Aug 6, 20153 min read
Knowledge and policy making: time to strengthen internal systems and articulation with different sta
The Peruvian Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion coordinates efforts for the prioritization of public policies that benefit...
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Clara Richards
Jul 28, 20155 min read
Evidence-based policies: building what is really possible
A change that is becoming a reality during the first years of the 21st Century is the mass use information and communication technology...
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Clara Richards
Jul 23, 20152 min read
Using knowledge to better design and evaluate policies: the General Directorate of Social Policy Ana
Several and different efforts are being conducted around the globe to promote the use of research in policy. P&I is permanently thinking...
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Clara Richards
Jul 7, 20153 min read
Knowledge and policy making: the challenge to walk in other’s shoes
I am currently working as head of transparency and strengthening of information systems projects for the Management and Evaluation area...
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Vanesa Weyrauch
May 28, 20154 min read
Policy makers sharing online spaces: an opportunity to learn and foster a culture of use of knowledg
[Editor’s note: This post originally appeared at Practising Development, managed by the International Network for the Availability of...
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Clara Richards
May 21, 20152 min read
Are you interested in my research? Seeking for relevant players within the Legislative Branch
If we focus on the key players within the state structure, it is worth mentioning that most public policies are designed by the Executive...
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Clara Richards
May 20, 20153 min read
The use of evidence in the policy making process: are citizens users or sources of information?
Information is not incorporated to public policy processes exclusively by experts (whether individuals or organization) or public...
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